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Hardcover. 8vo . Good copy in original dustwrapper . . Victor Gollancz was a teacher publisher author and public campaigner who spen his life t passionately trying to make people see the truth as he saw it. In many ways he epitomised the social conscience of the mid twientienth century. He founded The Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign against Capital Punishment.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1955
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0311256
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 60.00
€ 60.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473844872
- ISBN
- 9781473844872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Presents essays on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. This book draws from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history and challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West. Editor(s): Yu, Pauline; Bol, Peter; Owen, Stephen; Peterson, Willard. Series: Studies on China. Num Pages: 292 pages, 6 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224667
- ISBN
- 9780520224667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.55
€ 38.99
€ 28.55
Hardcover. This study traces the story of how Jacob Mordecai and his family, German-American Orthodox Jews, adopted the Anglo-Irish enlightened pedagogical system developed by Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his daughter Maria. The text includes the complete diary of Rachel Mordecai Lazarus. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820322520
- ISBN
- 9780820322520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Hardback. A striking look back at a remarkable period in history Featuring 125 black and white photographs by such renowned Farm Security Administration photographers as Dorothea Lange, Arthur Rothstein, Russell Lee, and several others, this book documents ranching culture in western states during the Great Depression and leading up to World War II. Num Pages: 176 pages, 125 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; AJC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 216. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493027279
- ISBN
- 9781493027279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.02
€ 26.02
Paperback. A history of the rise and fall of the world's riches nations from China in the days of Marco Polo to the fortunes of the Vanderbilts, Astors and the contemporary world of Sony, Intel and modern China. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1QFH; HBTB; KCL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472139009
- ISBN
- 9781472139009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.07
€ 19.99
€ 15.07
Paperback. Describes and analyzes the battles over the powerful medium of radio, which helped spark the massive upsurge of organized labor during the Depression. Organized chronologically, this work explores the advent of local labor radio stations such as WCFL and WEVD, labor's anti-censorship campaigns, and unionist experiments with early FM broadcasting. Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: HBTB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252073649
- ISBN
- 9780252073649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.64
€ 29.99
€ 27.64
Hardback. Karin Amimoto Ingersoll uses her concept of seascape epistemology to articulate an indigenous Hawaiian way of knowing founded on a sensorial, intellectual, and embodied literacy of the ocean that can provide the means for generating an alternative indigenous politics and ethics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBTB; HPK; JFSL4; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362128
- ISBN
- 9780822362128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.76
€ 108.76
Paperback. A profoundly moving, piercingly frank memoir of grief -- of learning to live with grief -- that begins in Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004, when the author lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSN; 3JMC; BG; HBJF; HBLX; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844089079
- ISBN
- 9781844089079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.86
€ 14.99
€ 11.86
Paperback. In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. This title captures the dilemmas and complexities of a feudal society caught up in twentieth-century politics and confrontation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJG; BGB; HBJH; HBLW; KNTJ; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185057
- ISBN
- 9780141185057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.89
€ 14.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, over 120 bw images. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1104. Operation Lusty and the Race for Nazi Aviation Technology. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBW. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 18. Weight: 1110.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764335174
- ISBN
- 9780764335174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.57
€ 48.99
€ 32.57
hardcover. A history of the innovative women's scholarship halls at the University of Kansas. Num Pages: 72 pages, 87 Photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; JNMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700622757
- ISBN
- 9780700622757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.18
€ 44.18
Hardcover. "8vo. This book contains the following chapters: Problems of NATO Defense, The End of the Western Consensus, The East West Military Confrontation War in Europe & The Limited Promise of Arms Control in Europe. Indexed. 286p. Good copy bound in modern grey cloth. Text bright and clean. First edition". Keywords: "Society, Politics & Philosophy - Warfare & Defence - Defence Strategy & Research,Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Government & Politics - Countries & Regions"
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- The Free Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- SKU
- KON0756567
- ISBN
- 9780669111200
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Its clear and instructional discussions of hydraulic technology and engineering principles make it a useful resource for a range of courses, including the history of technology, urban history, and American business history. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 39, 7 black & white line drawings, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNDD; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801893063
- ISBN
- 9780801893063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.31
€ 40.31
Hardback. Its clear and instructional discussions of hydraulic technology and engineering principles make it a useful resource for a range of courses, including the history of technology, urban history, and American business history. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 39, 7 black & white line drawings, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK; KNDD; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801893056
- ISBN
- 9780801893056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
paperback. 'Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.' Num Pages: 352 pages, (Two 16-page colour plate sections and 12 maps), With index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 28. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007539406
- ISBN
- 9780007539406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96
Paperback. A masterly and concise reinterpretation of one of the seminal events in modern history, by one of the world's foremost military historians. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848312333
- ISBN
- 9781848312333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 6.02
€ 11.99
€ 6.02
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563792
- ISBN
- 9780099563792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.94
€ 20.99
€ 16.94
Hardback. The story of Waterloo, the battle that finally ended Napoleon's imperial dreams: how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean. Series: Great Battles. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 b&w halftones and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199663255
- ISBN
- 9780199663255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.00
€ 35.99
€ 32.00
Paperback. An epic page-turner about Waterloo, one of the greatest land battles in British history, rich in dramatic human detail and grounded in first class research. Num Pages: 704 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349123011
- ISBN
- 9780349123011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.12
€ 19.99
€ 15.12
Paperback. Explore the history of the Battle of Waterloo through the voices of those that experienced it first hand. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660165
- ISBN
- 9781445660165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.05
€ 19.05
Paperback. Waterloo, the plain where Napoleon's Empire was dealt its final blow after a titanic fight, is not only a name on the map. La Haye-Sainte, Hougoumont, Plancenoit, are real places where men struggled, suffered and died. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBWH; JWLF; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 315 x 12. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Histoire and Collections
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782352504351
- ISBN
- 9782352504351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.66
€ 31.99
€ 29.66
Paperback. Waterloo is one of the defining campaigns of European history. Drawn from unpublished first-hand accounts, and using detailed illustrations, this volume is suitable for studying the intense fighting at the battles of Waterloo and Wavre, the final, decisive engagements of the Waterloo campaign. Illustrator(s): Embleton, Gerry. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 319 x 8. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472804129
- ISBN
- 9781472804129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.37
€ 21.99
€ 16.37
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive resource for every aspect of the battle. This book details the battle of Quatre Bras where an initial 8,000 Allied troops faced 48,000 men of the French Armee du Nord under Marshal Ney. Illustrator(s): Embleton, Gerry. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472803634
- ISBN
- 9781472803634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.68
€ 26.99
€ 22.68